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- Shenzhen-listed RoboTechnik, which claims to be the largest silicon photonics tool maker and whose stock is up 340% over the past year, files for a HK listing (Zinnia Lee/Forbes) [1h]
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics data: employment in 18 AI-exposed occupations fell 0.2% between May 2024 and May 2025, while the broader US labor market rose 0.8% (Matthew Boesler/Bloomberg) [5h]
- LA-based Fasset, which offers stablecoin-powered banking and cross-border payments services across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, raised a $51M Series B (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk) [5h]
- Sources: Kalshi has probed and flagged 400+ suspicious trades YTD, more than 2x the number it investigated in all of 2025; Polymarket has seen a similar uptick (Anirban Sen/Reuters) [6h]
- South Korea's Hana Bank agrees to acquire a 6.55% stake in Dunamu, which runs South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, for $672.5M from Kakao (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal) [6h]
- Power prices on the largest electric grid in the US, operated by PJM, jumped 76% YoY to an average of $136.53/MWh in Q1 due to rampant demand from data centers (John Ainger/Bloomberg) [9h]
- Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools to create clones of people's voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg had raised roughly $4M (Mike Isaac/New York Times) [10h]
- Sources detail friction between Samsung's memory and logic chip businesses over higher bonuses for memory chip workers, leading many to leave or apply elsewhere (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters) [10h]
- Seoul-based WIRobotics, which develops wearable and humanoid robots and is collaborating with Nvidia and AWS, raised a ~$68M Series B led by JB Investment (Lee Jaewoon/The Elec) [11h]
- YouTube expands its AI likeness detection program to users over the age of 18, after rolling it out to select creators, politicians, journalists, and others (Mia Sato/The Verge) [12h]
- Filings: YouTube and Snap reached agreements to settle a lawsuit headed to trial in June over claims addiction to social media has disrupted students' learning (Bloomberg) [12h]
- Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Arm is trying to illegally monopolize parts of the semiconductor market (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg) [13h]
- Professional services firm EY has withdrawn a study on loyalty rewards programs after researchers at GPTZero found apparent AI hallucinations and fake footnotes (Stephen Foley/Financial Times) [13h]
- How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how such efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AVs, and more (Bill Gurley/Bill's Substack) [14h]
- In a viral X post that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, General Catalyst posted a "VC vs GC" video, with the VC apparently modeled after Marc Andreessen (Julie Bort/TechCrunch) [15h]
- Semiconductor stocks fell globally on Friday after the Trump-Xi summit concluded without major chip deals; Nvidia closed down 4.42% and AMD closed down 5.69% (Mauro Orru/Wall Street Journal) [15h]
- Sources: SpaceX aims to make its IPO prospectus public by next week, targeting a June 12 listing on Nasdaq, driven by a faster-than-expected SEC review (Reuters) [15h]
- Sources: Nord Quantique, a quantum computing startup that is pursuing a hardware-level quantum error correction approach, raised $30M at a $1.4B valuation (Sean Silcoff/Globe and Mail) [16h]
- Source: Kraken cut ~150 staff after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO may be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to a drop in digital-asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg) [16h]
- OpenAI's disavowal of a liability shield in Illinois SB 3444 bill and endorsement of a stronger SB 315 suggest it is open to meaningful AI safety legislation (Transformer) [17h]
- ArXiv, the repository of preprint academic research, says it will ban authors for a year if their papers have "incontrovertible evidence" of AI-generated work (Samantha Cole/404 Media) [17h]
- OpenAI memo: Greg Brockman says he will lead product strategy as part of a reorg, folding ChatGPT, Codex, and developer-facing API into one core product team (Maxwell Zeff/Wired) [18h]
- Replit says it has "worked things out with Apple", which has approved a Replit update after four months, following a reported dispute over vibe coding apps (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [18h]
- OpenAI debuts personal finance tools for US ChatGPT Pro users, partnering with Plaid to give access to 12K+ financial institutions to analyze spending and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) [19h]
- A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) [20h]
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- 'The way people create has changed': The team behind DaVinci Resolve talk photography, filmmaking, and why it brought Lightroom-style color tools to the latest version of its free video editing software [36m]
- How to watch Chelsea vs Man City: Free Streams, TV channels for FA Cup Final 2026 [41m]
- The Dyson HushJet Compact Air Purifier is powerful, quiet, and proof that good things do come in small(ish) packages [41m]
- This is the VPN to install for your mother – it has the highest Trustpilot score of all and comes with 30 dollars to spend on a gift for her too [1h]
- ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Android 17's showcase to Claude cracking a $400,000 crypto wallet [2h]
- I thought AI girlfriends were unsettling — then I discovered people are building chatbot versions of their ex-partners [2h]
- How to watch Celtic vs Hearts: live streams and TV channels for Scottish Premiership title decider [3h]
- Smart travel tech: Is airport Wi-Fi safe to use during your summer vacation? [3h]
- The Lenovo Legion Go S drops to its lowest-ever price, offering another option to anyone sick of Steam Deck stock issues [3h]
- After testing over a dozen digital notebooks, I’ve realized that the stylus is the real MVP in the e-ink tablet equation [8h]
- 18 unmissable Walmart patio & garden deals to turn your yard into an entertaining haven for Memorial Day [9h]
- The end of deepfakes: A UK startup “fingerprinting” light to prove what’s real could crush global misinformation and $75 billion video piracy market [10h]
- Coros watches get Apple Watch and Garmin-style Voice Control as part of a big new update — which also includes a bunch of other cool features and tweaks [10h]
- Samsung has revealed the prices of its 2026 OLED TVs, and it's clearly gunning for LG [10h]
- “We tried to keep the soul of the original attraction, but level it up” — Disney World transforms Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin into a real-time ride system powered by Unreal Engine [11h]
- How to watch the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final online for FREE from anywhere [12h]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #1070) [12h]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #804) [12h]
- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, May 16 (game #1573) [12h]
- Attack of the AI lawnmowers? Yarbo forced to patch products after experts reveal method to remotely hijack thousands of devices [13h]
- I taught ChatGPT to distrust itself, and suddenly it stopped hallucinating [13h]
- Massive Lithium deposit potential worth $1.5 trillion found in Oregon — a huge cache could massively strengthen the US stance in building items such as smartphones, but environmentalists urge caution in acting too fast [14h]
- “I think it can be a point of no return” — experts issue warning as Chinese EV manufacturers hunt for European manufacturing plants [14h]
- Two hi-fi greats just announced cool, curved new stereo speakers — one's passive, one's active, take your pick [14h]
- I think therefore I am: cutting-edge AI used to 'revive spirit' of French Mark Twain and spawn a new sharp satire more than 350 years after his death [15h]
- XRP beat bitcoin gains as CLARITY Act advanced, but a real bullrun still needs Congress [11m]
- Crypto longs lose $500 million as bitcoin slides to $78,000, SOL and XRP down 5% [4h]
- Bhutan ‘doesn’t recall’ selling any bitcoin, disputing widely-tracked $1 billion BTC drawdown [9h]
- U.S. House lawmakers who oversee the CFTC are urging Trump to fill the commission [14h]
- SpaceX targets June 11 IPO pricing, picks Nasdaq for historic market debut [15h]
- Saudi Arabia is tokenizing its multi-trillion dollar economy to protect its wealth from global shocks [19h]
- Lombard joins LayerZero exodus as $4 billion in assets switch to Chainlink's bridge [19h]
- CME, ICE push U.S. regulators to scrutinize Hyperliquid over manipulation risks [19h]
- Iran war shows markets no longer sleep [20h]
- Crypto market structure bill clears key hurdle as ethics debate looms over floor vote [20h]
- Bitcoin tumbles below $79,000 as rising bond yields, inflation worries rattle markets [21h]
- Kraken parent Payward cuts 150 staff, streamlining business ahead of planned IPO [21h]
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: BNB is only gainer as index drops 2% [22h]
- XRP gives back gains after Senate crypto bill sparks 5% rally [22h]
- Strategy to repurchase $1.5 billion of 2029 convertible bonds using cash or bitcoin sales [23h]
- Winklevoss’ Gemini jumps 25% on $100 million bitcoin infusion despite deepening losses [23h]
- OKX, Korea Investment and Securities said to be in talks for 40% of Coinone [23h]
- Athena goes above and beyond to retain title at Ring of Honor's Supercard of Honor, eyes legendary reign [29m]
- BROADCAST BIAS: Networks spin Trump’s Xi meeting as weakness despite strategic gain [41m]
- Trump family fires back at 'lawfare,' warns the world their political future is wide open [41m]
- Alex Murdaugh defense teases new trial strategy with jury fight, testimony looming [41m]
- MIKE DAVIS: Colorado governor delivers justice to Tina Peters [52m]
- Gunther accuses Cody Rhodes of making his SmackDown arrival about himself ‘just like a typical American’ [1h]
- Oklahoma woman discovers husband was a Canadian man who faked his death 37 years earlier in a barn fire [1h]
- Hunter Biden resurfaces in LA, reacts to questions about Biden tapes, UFO files [1h]
- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Bishop Barron to address 'true threat to democracy' at Trump prayer event [1h]
- Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike, leaving 330,000 commuters without service on busiest US rail line [1h]
- After Indiana purge, Trump sets sights on Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy [2h]
- Red-state auditor reports 'explosion' of fraud tips as he targets state employees 'racking up' taxpayer waste [2h]
- Trump says Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, killed in US-Nigerian operation [7h]
- Route 66 centennial spurs tourism in historic small towns [8h]
- Caitlin Clark honored for massive career milestone before Fever fall in overtime thriller [9h]
- Senator John Kennedy introduces America to ‘Margaret,’ his elliptical trainer named after Thatcher [9h]
- Washington Nationals unveil the latest stadium snack that will excite some, horrify others [9h]
- Waymo driverless cars overrun Atlanta neighborhood, circling cul-de-sacs and alarming families with kids [9h]
- New Ebola outbreak leaves 65 dead as officials warn of cross-border spread [10h]
- Vegas Golden Knights star Mitch Marner is doing the funniest thing ever with postseason explosion [10h]
- Possible hantavirus case under investigation in upstate New York; no connection to deadly cruise ship outbreak [11h]
- A replica of KITT from 'Knight Rider' got a traffic ticket in another state despite being in a museum [11h]
- NAACP official condemns White politicians trying to replace resigning Black mayor [11h]
- Here it is: The best and the worst of the NFL's annual tradition of the schedule release videos [11h]
- White House gets an unexpected buzz as thousands of bees swarm the executive mansion's North Lawn [12h]
- Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, May 16, 2026: Rates rise right along with Treasury yields [1h]
- HELOC and home equity loan rates Saturday, May 16, 2026: Rates remain low, but poised to rise? [1h]
- Best CD rates today, Saturday, May 16, 2026: Best account provides 4% APY [1h]
- Best high-yield savings interest rates today, May 16, 2026: Earn up to 4.1% APY [1h]
- Best money market account rates today, May 16, 2026: Best account provides 4.01% APY [1h]
- Take-Two Interactive Software set to deliver in-line quarter as GTA VI update draws focus [17h]
- AI Data Center Play And Chipmaker Broadcom Stock Named Top Pick By Analysts [18h]
- Cameco (CCJ) Remains A Beneficiary Of The Long-Term Upside In Western Nuclear Fuel Infrastructure, According To GLJ Research [18h]
- BWX Technologies (BWXT) Could Present A Case For Strong Upside, Says Ananym Capital Management [18h]
- TD Securities Reiterates “Buy” Rating On Uranium Energy (UEC) Following Q2 Fiscal 2026 Results [18h]
- Citi Reiterates “Buy” Rating On Fluor (FLR) Despite Price Target Cut [18h]
- JPMorgan Stops Short Of Turning Bullish On Oklo (OKLO) Despite Strong SMR Outlook, Check Out Why [18h]
- Roth Capital Factors In Centrus Energy (LEU)’s Long-Term Growth, Raises PT To $230 [18h]
- Is NexGen Energy (NXE) One Of The Best Nuclear Energy Stocks To Buy As SMRs Go Mainstream? [18h]
- NuScale Power (SMR) Is Among The Best Nuclear Energy Stocks To Buy As SMRs Go Mainstream [18h]
- Why Is NANO Nuclear (NNE) One Of The Best Nuclear Energy Stocks To Buy As SMRs Go Mainstream? [18h]
- Roth Capital Raises PT On Energy Fuels (UUUU) To $17 Amid Strong Fundamentals [18h]
- Why Did Sandisk Stock Pop Today? [18h]
- Oil Prices Are Rising. Here Are the 3 Best Energy Stocks to Buy Right Now. [18h]
- Curious Yen Spikes Have Traders Gaming Japan ‘Warning Shots’ [18h]
- Ondas CEO says AI-powered autonomous warfare is becoming a reality [18h]
- Gross fundings plummet at top BDCs in Q1 as yields stabilize – LCD analysis [18h]
- Co-Diagnostics (CODX) Q1 2026 Earnings Transcript [18h]
- Bitcoin Miner IREN Closes $3 Billion Convertible Notes Offering to Fuel AI Transformation [18h]
- CrowdStrike Leads This Group Of Four Stocks To New Highs [18h]
- No new articles in the Past 24 Hours.
- Fallout's creator reveals you could have played as a snoring cow hater who believes in UFOs, had Black Isle stuck with its original licensed roleplaying system [41m]
- I’m waiting days between attempts to catch one fish in Final Fantasy 14 before it disappears for months, so don’t let anyone tell you raids are the ‘hardcore’ challenge [11h]
- A domain related to J-Pop idol phenomenon Love Live! went up for auction and the lead bid is a very sane $615 million [11h]
- The Fortnite/Overwatch crossover means we're talking about Tracer's butt again [13h]
- Videogame pirates scold each other after Subnautica 2 developers are taunted with illicit copies [14h]
- Overwatch's lackluster 10th anniversary event will have its rewards improved next week, with more free stuff planned for later this year [14h]
- Subnautica 2's early access roadmap promises quality-of-life additions, co-op improvements, and—eventually—new biomes and creatures [14h]
- We can thank a Jim Henson Company puppeteer for some of Valve's best animation work [14h]
- GamesRadar has decamped to Kyoto to bring you some killer world premieres and trailers straight out of BitSummit Punch 2026 [15h]
- I'm tired of everything getting turned into a roguelite, but I'll make an exception for pinball [15h]
- Another metaverse is set to die in June [16h]
- Diablo 4 players become unkillable gods as a minor bug fix in Lord of Hatred turns into a major problem for Blizzard [16h]
- Valve's massive update to the Steam marketplace must be working, because a gun I had listed on there for years just sold for a cool 40 bucks [17h]
- The world of videogames is 'currently not well understood' with major decisions based on 'a limited, partial view', say industry organisations UKIE and OKRE [18h]
- Notorious videogame movie auteur Uwe Boll is returning to the director's chair with a spiritual successor to House of the Dead [18h]
- Baldur's Gate 2 almost had a 'time travel plot', letting you visit an alternate future where BG1's main villain rules the Sword Coast [18h]
- Framework says its Wireless Touchpad Keyboard 'is by far our most waitlisted product' [19h]
- We're getting closer to a 100% ROG rig as Asus gets into the DRAM game for its 20th anniversary [19h]
- Forza Horizon 6's return to 'wristband progression' isn't the stand-in for a career mode I wanted it to be, but maybe that's for the best [19h]
- Rig R5 Spear Max HD review [19h]
- After close to 140 hours with it, I think Slay the Spire 2 feels more like a sequel than a DLC, even if Megacrit was forced to make it [19h]
- I was worried EverQuest Legends making me too OP would ruin the magic of the classic MMO, but crushing hordes of frogloks is incredibly satisfying [19h]
- Despite Donald Trump and Jensen Huang flying out to the country, China has not yet approved the sale of Nvidia AI chips [19h]
- I really hope you weren't considering a GPU upgrade this year, as Nvidia may raise the price of the already pricey RTX 5090 by as much as $300 [19h]
- 'I just need to disappear, go into a cabin': Eric Barone has found the answer to Haunted Chocolatier's development distractions [20h]
- Annecy Title ‘Dudley and the Invasion of the Space Slugs’ Lands Territory Sales Ahead of Cannes Market Bow (EXCLUSIVE) [1h]
- James Franco Joins ‘John Rambo’ Prequel Movie With Noah Centineo (EXCLUSIVE) [1h]
- ‘Think Good’ Review: French Canadian Thesp Monia Chokri Convinces as a Jewish Wife Trapped in a Toxic Relationship [1h]
- Leonel Vieira Set to Shoot José Saramago Adaptation ‘The Night’ (EXCLUSIVE) [2h]
- Colin Jost Says ‘SNL’ Rejected Joke About Pete Hegseth Reading ‘Pulp Fiction’ Bible Verse Two Weeks Before It Happened in Real Life [2h]
- Indonesia Eyes Cannes 2028 Country of Honor as Culture Minister Fadli Zon Pushes Global Screen Agenda (EXCLUSIVE) [5h]
- Pablo Larraín’s Pijama Cuts MK2, Alpha Violet, Visit Films Deals (EXCLUSIVE) [5h]
- France’s Urban Factory Boards ‘Los Eastman’ at Cannes Fantastic Pavilion (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
- ‘Ms. Marvel’ Star Iman Vellani to Lead Zarrar Kahn’s Climate Thriller ‘Suffering Is Optional’ (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
- North American Rights to ‘Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day,’ Starring Haley Bennett and Lily Allen, Acquired by Quiver (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
- Rodrigo Sorogoyen on Javier Bardem and Shooting ‘The Beloved’ as Full-On Experiment: ‘If This Had Been My First Film, I Wouldn’t Have Taken So Many Risks’ [6h]
- Fasten Films Revs Up Catalan Cinema (EXCLUSIVE) [6h]
- ‘In the Grey’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzalez Magazine-Cover Their Way Through Guy Ritchie’s Attractive Time-Killer [6h]
- India’s Indie Filmmakers Form Collective to Fight Theatrical and Streaming Barriers (EXCLUSIVE) [7h]
- Bill Maher Mocks Trump for Getting Played by China’s Xi Jinping: ‘He Holds the Cards Now’ [9h]
- Fifth Season and HarbourView Equity Partners Set Multi-Picture Financing Pact [9h]
- ‘Colony’ Director Yeon Sang-ho on AI, Individuality and Why Zombies Still Matter [11h]
- ‘Sonic 4’ Wraps Shooting; First Look at Metal Sonic Revealed [11h]
- ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’ Review: John Travolta’s Slim and Winning Boyhood Reverie of Air Travel in the Lost-Paradise Age of TWA [11h]
- Tony Seiniger, Poster Designer and Movie Marketer, Dies at 87 [11h]
- Drake Becomes Most-Streamed Artist in a Single Day in 2026 on Spotify [11h]
- ‘Dutton Ranch’ Series Premiere Episodes: Craziest Moments and Burning Questions, From A Cold-Blooded Murder to Beth and Rip’s Steamy Shower Scene [12h]
- ‘Gentle Monster’ Review: Léa Seydoux Brings Gravity to a Harrowing End-of-Family Drama [13h]
- Drake’s Best ‘Iceman’ Lyrics, From ‘Make Them Cry’ to ‘Make Them Know’ [13h]
- Guillaume Canet’s ‘Karma,’ Starring Marion Cotillard, Earns 6-Minute Ovation at Cannes Premiere [13h]
- Durobos Krono e-reader is the perfect palm-sized e-reader — and a great Kindle and Kobo alternative [2h]
- Best TV deals to shop this weekend: Hisense is leading the way with steep discounts on new TVs [2h]
- The new Apple MacBook Air is still under $1,000 at Amazon — but only in select colors [2h]
- Dreames X60 Max Ultra Complete is the best robot vacuum for pet hair Ive tested. Sucks that its so expensive. [2h]
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- The DJI Mini 5 Pro drone is heavily discounted at Amazon — save $500 this weekend [2h]
- T-Mobile is giving away the Apple iPhone 17 for free — how to claim this weekend [2h]
- This NASA gear may be the first to survive the brutal lunar night [2h]
- A new tool just combined ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more — lifetime access is on sale for $70 [2h]
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